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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/great-seal-offices-act-1874/section-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/37-38/81",
  "legislation_title": "Great Seal (Offices) Act 1874",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/great-seal-offices-act-1874",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Abolition of office of messenger of Great Seal and transfer of duties.",
  "text": ". . . . . .\nAll . . . duties and powers required to be performed by or vested in the messenger or pursuivant of the Great Seal shall be performed by and vested in such officer as the Lord Chancellor may from time to time direct.\n. . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Paras. repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (c. 39) and Parliament (Elections and Meeting) Act 1943 (c. 48), Sch. 7 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Parliament (Elections and Meeting) Act 1943 (c. 48), Sch. 7 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 4 repealed (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 44, s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. VI"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/37-38/81/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:49:12.358505+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}